semblance

noun

«semblance» in the English dictionary: in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

In Jewish tradition

In the Psalms it means a shadow or image, as of people who pass away like a dream.

Interpretation. Tradition reads it as saying human life and wealth are fleeting, and God will wake and dismiss the wicked as a vanished dream.

A mere outward look or likeness, without real substance. tree →

As a dream when one awaketh, so, O Lord, when Thou arousest Thyself, Thou wilt despise their semblance. (Writings PSA.73.20, JPS 1917) tree →
Surely man walketh as a mere semblance; surely for vanity they are in turmoil; he heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them. (Writings PSA.39.7, JPS 1917) tree →

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